Fluid pressure motor



Filed May 20, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. @nizw/0 XYZ/fw I u l WW ATTORNEY.

May 26, 1936., F. F. T. FLINT FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR Filed May 20, 1955 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY.

F. F. T. FLlNT FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR Filed May 20, V1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 atented May 269 1936 PATENT FFICE 2,041,916 FLUID PRESSURE Moron.

Forrest Floyd T. Flint, Detroit, Mich., assigner of one-half to Willard Ewart, Detroit, Mich.

Application May 20, 1935, Serial No. 22,456

3 Claims.

This invention relates to fluid pressure operated motors adapted for use particularly where the differential pressure is not great. The invention finds its greatest use in the field of the so-called suction type motor, operating on. the differential pressure between that of the atmosphere and that of the lower pressure obtained by causing a partial vacuum.

Heretofore many types of fluid pressure actuated motors have been invented, and/or patented and/or used. In all of the foregoing types of motors it has been common to have some combination of the following devices: either a piston reciprocating in a cylinder or a stationary piston and a reciprocating cylinder and some means for translating reciprocatory motion into oscillatory motion; a flexiblel diaphragm in a rigid casing and motion translating means; a vane type piston oscillating in a rigid casing of arcuate outline; cylinders, each partially formed of a hollow, rigid, chamber-forming member and each partially formed ofa collapsible bag having a guide member located therein, a walking beam connected to the ends of both bags, and motion translating means connected to said walking beam.` l.

In all of these prior art devices there has been loss of power due to the motion translating means employed, or to the leakage of iiuid around the piston, or to the friction, or to all oi said causes and to other causes.

When such prior art motors are employed forv actuating windshield cleaners and other devices where only small differential pressures are obthe windshield glass is too great, at times when there is a variation in the amount of such differential pressures, and the motortherefore acts sluggishly or altogether stops.

The main object of this invention, therefore, is,

to provide a fluid pressure operated motor which is substantially frictionless in operation, which is devoid of reciprocable parts .sliding relative to one another, which is positive and powerful in operation, employs no motion translatory means, and which is provided with positive means, for preventing leakage oi the air or other fluid from one side of the actuating means to the other side thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a motor in which the working chambers are formed of collapsible tubes having a series of folds of larger and smaller diameter, that is, they have distortable Walls that collapse and expand like an accordion, which collapsible tubes are utilized 5 as part of the power applying means.

Another object of the invention is to provide positive means for preventing any portion of the bellows or tubes from remaining in a collapsed state. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for preventing the valve control means from shifting when it is desired to have the exhaust continually connected to but one chamber so as to hold the motor shaft in either extreme 'end of its oscillating movement.

Inthe accompanying drawings I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the motor includes a pair of tubes,

collapsible and expandible lengthwise, each tube being formed in two sections, as hereinafter described, the two tubes being joined together and this method permits greater ease in assembling the other parts of the device, although the device Works equally well when each tube. is formed in but one section.

The invention and the foregoing .advantages and many others not hereinbefore specifically pointed out may be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a iiuid pressure motor embodying my invention.

' Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1, and being partially .broken away, showing a sectional elevational 40 view of the fluid pressure tube and an elevational `view of the control mechanismwith the cover plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1. 4

Fig. 4 is a fractional view in elevation showing, in full lines, the outside of the cover plate for the controlv mechanism with the starting and stopping'lever, and, in dotted lines, the control mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of one of the perforated discs taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the control mechanism shown in Fig. 3, taken on substantially the same line as Fig. 3, viz, 3--3 of Fig. 65

1, but showing some of the parts in a different position.

Fig. 7 is a detail view taken on line 1--1 of Fig. 6 showing a cross section of the motor shaft and a cross section of a portion of the pivot arm of the valve trip mechanism..

Fig. 8 is a fractional detail view showing a portion of the tubes provided with exterior supporting rings. 4

Fig. 9 is a view in elevation with the cover plate removed, showing bellows parts swung almost `to their extreme right hand position and the valve kicker shown in position to kick the valve to its reverse position.

' Fig. 10 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 9, showing the bellows parts and valve mechanism in the opposite position.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the spring'support and spring for snapping `the valve kicker over to shift the valve.

Fig. 12 is a section taken on line I2-I2 of Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the housing shaft and valve member.

'I'he motor includes a casting, designated generally by the numeral I8, provided with a casing for a valve chamber, preferably formed by an integral upstanding shell or open end portion Ii. The casting I8 is-also provided with a reduced central portion I2 and an outwardly projecting bearing or shaft engaging portion I3.4 At the opposite ends, the casting is provided with extending portions II and I5 which serve as bases for the end wallsof the collapsible tubes to be hereinafter described. The extending portions or bases I8 and I5 are preferably inclined outwardly and upwardly as shown.

The motor shaft 28 extends through the portion I3 of casting I8 and I have shown a reduced portion 2| projecting through the upstanding shell portion II of the casting I8 and through the valve to be hereinafter described.

In order to convey power to the shaft from the actuating means to be described hereinafter, I provide an arm 25 which may be secured to the shaft in any convenient manner. I have shown a partial bore or a recess 24 in the shaft and a. partial bore or recess 28 in the adjacent end of arm 25 with a pin 21 engaged by the said arm and shaft in said partial bores or recesses. I have shown the upper end of arm 25 as provided .with an enlarged grooved seat portion 28 which engages a downwardly projecting lug-or ear 28 of a central disc member 80, although any suitable means of connecting the disc member to the arm may be used or the arm and disc may be integrally constructed. l

Loosely mounted on the shaft 28 I provide two guide members for the combined tubes or bellows to be hereinafter described. I have shown two rings and 36. respectively, loosely mounted on the shaft, each provided with an extending arm, designated 31 and 88 respectively, the ring and arm being preferably integral as shown. Each of these arms terminates in a perforated disc member," designated 38 and 88 respectively, each disc member and arm also being preferably integral as shown.

I provide a pair of collapsible tubes 58 and 5|, having a series of folds of successive large diameter portions and smaller diameter portions.

kThese tubes may -be made oi' metal having considerable elastic qualities, or of rubber or the like, but when made of rubber they must be provided with supporting members as hereinafter described. I secure one end of each tube to the disc 30, and the opposite end of each tube I secure respectively to the extending portions I4 and I5 of casting I0 in any suitable manner.

Preferably each tube is formed in two sections A and B. To unite the sections A and B of each tube I provide two additional discs 68 and 5| in sage of air or other fluid from section A to secy tion B, and vice versa, in each tube.

To unite the sections B of each tube together and to the disc 38, I prefer to use two'additional discs 52 and 53, folding the respective end portions o-f the said sections over said respective discs 52 and 53 to form a seal in the manner above described and securing the three discs 38, 52, and 53 together by any suitable means such as by bolt 5I, nut 55, and any suitable sealing means, such as the gaskets 58. No fluid is to pass .through these discs 38, 52, and 53.

To unite the sections A of each tube to the portions I8 and I5 of casting III, I provide in each tube one additional perforated disc, designated 10 and II respectively, folding the ends of the respective tubes over the respective discs 10 and 1| and securing the said discs to the members-I8 and I5 to impinge the ends of the sections theremtween by any suitable means, such as by bolts 12, sealing members 13, and bosses 1I integral with the discs 18 and 1I respectively, as shown in Fig. 2.

The perforation in disc 18 serves as a dual service port 'I5 for inlet of fluid to and exhaust of fluid from the chamber thus formed in the tube 5I and the perforation in disc 1I serves as a dual service port 18 for inlet of fluid to and exhaust of :duid from the chamber thus formed in tube 58.

The casting I8 is provided with an exhaust passage 80. This exhaust passage 88 has a suitable connecting plpe 8|, at one end, adapted for connection with any suitable suction creating means, and terminating at the other end in an exhaust port 82 located in the valve casing or shell portion Il of casting I8.

The valve casing Il is provided with a valve seat 83, comprising a iiat portion of said casing surrounding the shaft 28. Mounted on the reduced portion 2| of shaft 28, in a manner hereinafter to be described, is a disc valve 88, said valve being provided with a. port connecting groove or passage 85. The groove or passage 85 is adapted to register with port 82 at all times y and to connect the same with either one of two chamber communicating ports 88 and 81, port 82 being interposed between ports 85 and 81. A fluid passage 88 connects port 88 with dual service port 15 of the working chamber enclosed by tube 5| and a fluid passage 88 connects port 81 with dual service port 18 of the working chamber enclosed by tube 58.

The valve 88 is provided with a central bore 88, see Fig. 'l and Fig. 13, through which a nonrotatable bearing member 8|, mounted in upstanding shell portion I'I or valve seat 88, projects. Said bearing member 8| encircles one end of the and a valve shifter pivot pin 92 extends through the bearing 9i and into said bore or recess f2 and is freely mounted to permit oscillation therein. The portion oi' the valve shifter pin et beneath reduced portion 2i of shaft 2li, which is surrounded by the bearing 9i, is provided with a depending lug @d of general triangular outline, in cross section, as shown in Fig. '7. This valve shifter pinlug permits partial oscillation of the shaft it in either direction before the lower face of reduced portion il of the shaft it will contact either of its faces, and further rotation of the shaft will move the lug, causing pin tito turn.

The portion of the valve shifter pivot pin td which projects into the valve chamber V is provided with an enlarged slotted head ad in which is mounted a valve shifter lever lib, the latter having, on the upper end, an odset lug or valve kicker dt which is adapted to contact spaced valve actuating shoulders 9i projecting from the upper portion of the discvvalve td.

Suitably mounted in the valve chamber V are cushioned valve stop members 98, one on each side of the disc valve dit, each stop member being adapted to contact its adjacent valve actuating member to stop the valve in the desired and proper l shifted position. v

The lower portion of the disc valve dt is provided with two spaced recessed portions tt, so spaced that when the valve connects eust port t2 with port tl, port B8 will register with one of said recessed valve portions t9 and vice versa.

In order to hold valve 84 tightly against its seat 83. any suitable means may be employed. l'. prefer to use a yoke member itil which I secure, as by a screw itl, to the lower portion of the valve casing il of. the casting I0, and said yoke member projects upwardly between the valve ed and the valve shifter lever t5 and partially surrounds the portion of bearing member 9i which extends through said valve.

Pivotally mounted in a suitable bearing member |09 in the upper portion of valve chamber V is a spring support llt in which the ends of al spring lll of general circular outline are mounted, the spring support having openings H2, one on each side of the pivot point, adapted to receive bent portions H3 of spring iii.

The mid portion of the spring ill is bent into a v shaped portion as shown at llt to form a seat for the lower arm 95' of valve shifter lever 95 which is preferably tapered to iit therein and which is also grooved at lib, see Fig. 6, to receive the spring seat and to aid in keeping the said lever arm and the spring seat together.

The said valve casing or shell portion Il i of casting I0 is provided with a cover plate i120 which cooperates therewith. in forming valve chamber V. When the motor is used with pressures greater than that of atmosphere, a sealing gasket lZi of any suitable sealing material is provided between the periphery of said valve casing and the cover plate. Said cover plate is also provided with a pressure or atmospheric inlet port i222 and is secured to the valve casing by screws i2@ or by any other suitable means. When the device operates as a so-called suction operated motor, the gasket Ill may be omitted and the port i22 may also be omitted if the cover plate is not sealed tightly enough to the valve casing to exclude the passage of air.

In order that the valve shifter pin et will not unduly move outwardly too far in the bore ff, li provide a bearing member lfb on the inner side 5 of the cover plate E20 against which the enlarged head @il of said pin is adapted to abut.

Plvotally mounted in the cover plate if@ is a crank lever i3d having a crank arm i3i adapted to be swung `into and out ofthe path of the lower l0 arm of valve shifter lever 95 by a handle i3d and the on and off positions for the handle are designated on the outside of the cover plate ift.

As is well known in the art, when bellows or tubes are made of rubber or the like, they must l5 be provided with some form of supports of which many types are well known. These supports prevent the tubes from bulging unduly and aid in. uniformly collapsing the tubes when used in socalled "positive pressure devices and they prevent peripheral collapse of the tubes when used in so-called suction pressure devices. I prefer to use a series of rings 5t, placing one in each large diameter portion of the folds of the rubber tubes, when the motor is to be used as a so-called suction motor, as shown in Fig. 2, and placing one in each'*Y of the small diameter external grooves or portions of the folds of the tubes when the motor is to be used as a so-called positive pressure" motor, as shown in Figure 8. 30

, Operation As illustrated in Figs. l and 2, the motor is shown in the normal position that it assumes 35 when not subjected to differential pressures in the respective working chambers.

When exhaust passage di is connected to a suitable source of suction or when pressure inlet port lfd is connected to a source of pressure greater 40 than that of the atmosphere, the ports being assumed to be in the position shown in Fig. 2, the motor is ready for operation, and on moving handle [|32 to the on position, the motor will oscillate the shaft mi.

The action is as follows: pressure will be exhausted from the working chamber in tube bt, (since exhaust port t2 is coupled to port tl which communicates with tube bd through'passage t@ and dual service port it and additional pressure will be applied in the working chamber enclosed in tube bl (since port tit is registering with a recess te of disc valve td and thus is open to receive pressure and communicates with chamber bi through port tt and dual service port lt) and this pressure differential causes tube tl to elongate and tube bd to collapse, thus swinging disc it and its connecting arm 2b which, in turn, rocks shaft 2li to the right as viewed in Figs. 2, 4, and 7.

As the shaft 20 rocks, the lower face of reduced 60 portion 2i eventually contacts one face of lug llt of the'valve shifter pivot pin 92, see Fig. 7, and justbefore the end of its rocking to the right, it rocks said lug, causing the pivot pin 92 to rock, which in turn swings valveshifter lever 95, from the'position shown in Fig. 2 beyond the perpendicular position (shown in Fig. 6 and in dotted lines in Fig. 4) the positive pressure of the shaft being greater than that of the spring. The spring then snaps over to the opposite position of that shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. l0, carrying lever arm 95 of valve shifter levertb with it, and holds said lever in such opposite position till the reverse rocking motion of the shaft reverses the valve againv in like manner.

As the spring snaps the valve shifter lever 95 Continuous exhaust When the motor is used to actuate a windshield squeegee, it is desired to hold the shaft at one `end of its stroke and thus hold the squeegee at one end of its stroke. To accomplish this handle |32 is turned to the "off position, as shown in Fig. 4, and crank arm l3i will then be turned intothe path of the valve trip mechanism, to the position shown, as shown in Fig. 6 and in dotted lines in Fig. 4. This permits the shaft to rock once in one direction or once in both directions. depending upon the direction the valve shifter lever 95 is moving when the handle is moved to the oif" position, before said crank arm engages the lower arrn 95' of said valve shifter lever 95 and then prevents the valve from shifting. This results in continuously connecting the exhaust to but one working chamber and so effectively holds the shaft at one end of its rocking or oscillating stroke.

Having thus fully described my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structure shown, as it is apparent to one skilled in the art that many changes may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fluid pressure motor of the character de.- scribed including a casting presenting a pair of spaced surfaces, a pair of extensible and collapsible tubes each having one end secured to one of said spaced surfaces respectively and each tube having a closed moveable end, the moveable ends of said tubes being secured together and bent to form a substantially semi-circular structure of the two tubes, said surfaces and said connected tubes and'closed ends co-operating in forming two working chambers, means including an auto- 'matically' operated quick acting valve' mechanism for alternately placing said working chambers respectively in communication with operating pressure, means for guiding portions of said tubes, causing the same to move substantially through an arc of a circle and means operable by the action of said tubesfor taking off power from the motor.

2. A fluid pressure motor of the character described including a casting presenting a pair of spaced surfaces, a pair of extensible and collapsible tubes each havingone end secured to one of said surfaces respectively and each tube having a closed moveable end, said moveable ends being secured together and the tubes being bent to form substantially a semi-circular structure, said closed ends and said surfaces and said tubes cooperating in forming two working chambers, means including an automatically operated quick acting valve mechanism for alternately placing said chambers respectively in communication with operating pressure, a power take-off shaft and means secured to the moveable ends of said tubes and to said shaft for guiding said tube ends and for oscillating said shaft.

3. A fluid pressure motor of the character described including a casting presenting a pair of spaced surfaces, a pair of collapsible and extensible tubes each having one end secured to one of said surfaces respectively and each tube having a closed moveable end, said surfaces and said closed moveable ends and said tubes cooperating in forming two working chambers, means including an automatically operated quick acting valve mechanism for alternately placing said chambers respectively in communication with operating pressure, the moveable ends of said tubes being secured together and the tubes bent to form a substantially semi-circular structure, a power take-off shaft, means secured to the moveable ends of said tubes and to said shaft for guiding said tube ends and for oscillating said shaft and meansdor guiding other portions of said tubes in their movement causing said parts substantially to move through van arc of a circle.

FORREST FLOYD T. FLINT. 

